Springtime in the garden

Although it rained a bit last week and was kinda cold, it has been a beautiful spring weekend. Yesterday was spent finishing up the summer plantings and making progress in the ongoing weed battle.




On a whim, I spent the morning checking out the Long Beach City College Horticultural Club Annual Plant Sale. First of all, I had no idea our City college had such a wonderful horticultural program. They have their own special area tucked away on the campus which they use for growing plants and teaching.




In addition to hundreds of lovely ornamentals, they had a nice selection of tomatoes, peppers and herbs. I picked up a San Marzano and a Brandywine tomato plant, as well as a pepporccini and a ancho gigante pepper plant.




Since my garden basil is still very small and I am so impatient for fresh basil, I picked up one of their very lovely starter plants. Of course I had to get that thing planted immediately!




And since Husband came along for the trip, he picked up a very healthy looking rosebush for his rose garden.



Once we were stocked up with plants, we headed home for some good food.